Monthly Archives: September 2021
Equipped with a hospital bed, refrigerator, and tables for consultations, a taxi has been converted into a mobile clinic in Zimbabwe’s Goromonzi district, 40 kilometres east of the capital, Harare. Using a wind turbine and solar panels to maintain the vaccine cold chain, the mobile clinic – formally named as ‘ZimbosAbantu Healthcare On Wheels’ – […]
As part of France’s pledge to donate at least 60 million doses to the world this year, a new arrangement between France and the African Union will see 10 million doses provided through a partnership with COVAX and the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT). This donation will help build on the more than 55 million […]
Deaf Zimbabwe Trust has called for the prioritisation of persons with disabilities in the vaccination program saying vaccine drives should deliberately target persons with disabilities in order to ensure no one is left behind. Speaking during a radio interview, DZT Media and Communications Officer Tinotenda Chikunya said there is need for specific considerations to support […]
The 2020 edition of the State of Transitional Justice in Zimbabwe Report provides an expansive reflection of the progress, challenges, and opportunities within the trajectory of transitional justice in Zimbabwe. This report highlights the transitional justice work which was done by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) and efforts by the Government of Zimbabwe […]
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has engendered women empowerment and gender equality across sectors at regional and national levels, and in 2019 adopted a Regional Multi-Dimensional Women’s Economic Empowerment Programme aimed at promoting women’s economic empowerment and gender-responsive development. This was said by outgoing SADC Executive Secretary, Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax, in a keynote […]
Rich countries must share their supplies of COVID-19 vaccines quickly, in line with recommendations made earlier this year by an independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the former co-chairs said. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, and Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, expressed deep concern over the slow […]
This article was originally published by APC member organisation CITAD. Internet connectivity is becoming part and parcel of humans’ lives all over the globe, but the story in underdeveloped countries, most especially those living on the African continent, is different and not encouraging. Millions of people in Africa are finding it difficult to access the […]
We are pleased to announce the launch of the website for the Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN). After the first two years of the project starting, we are glad to officially share the first research results on this new site. The FIRN focuses on the making of a feminist internet, seeing this as critical to […]
Migrants intercepted at sea and forcibly returned to Libya often suffer abuse at detention centres, a new Amnesty International report has said. Libya “legitimised” abuses by taking over two detention centres from where hundreds of refugees and migrants had forcibly disappeared by militias, the report says. “At one recently rebranded centre, survivors said guards raped […]
Pretoria, South Africa, 24 August 2021: The number of children born to teen mothers in South Africa’s most populous province, Gauteng, has jumped 60% since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Save the Children concerned for the well-being of both mothers and babies. New figures from the Gauteng Department of Health show that more […]